by Mary | Tue Jul 2025 | Stories
Ken's story In his own words… Living with a Urostomy Stoma (Or how I learned to live without a bladder) Just 10 years ago, at the age of 61, I was diagnosed with malignant bladder cancer. It came as a bit of a shock, since I had been diagnosed...
by Mary | Mon Aug 2023 | long reads, Stories
Ashlee's story In her own words… Growing up, I always saw myself as the ‘sick kid’. I was diagnosed with asthma at 18 months old and every year until I was about 11 years old, I spent weeks in hospital. I remember going through school...
by Mary | Fri May 2023 | long reads, Stories
Mat's story The show must go on… Mathew Boyd-Skinner has, in his words, ‘had tummy issues since he was 8 years old’. Now 36, in that time he’s dealt with more than his fair share of hospital visits having courageously battled Chron’s disease, ulcerative...
by Mary | Wed Mar 2023 | Stories
Meet Anne Marie Lyons NSW Stoma recognises the importance of regular contact with an experienced Stomal Therapy Nurse (STN). We would love you to meet our STN, Anne Marie Lyons, who has over 30 years of experience in nursing, 20 of them in the area of stomal...
